[Dxbase] missing info in LoTW output

Wed May 14 19:01:23 EDT 2014

Thank you. You saved me from having to explain it to the newbies.
Wes N7WS
On 5/13/2014 9:32 AM, Jim Spears wrote:
> One detail that it appears that folks are missing is that there are
> essentially two distinct periods in DXCC history. For many years, qso
> information was not recorded for credit to one's CW, PHONE, MIXED, or RTTY
> standing. DXCC records were manually kept. So one could have DXCC credit
> for various entities including mode but nothing else.
>>>> Somewhere along the way, the records were converted to a database of some
> sort but information that had not been previously recorded was not added
> since it was not present. Additionally, single band awards were added.
>>>> When I look at my present LoTW data, there are some entities that I have
> MIXED, CW -and/or PHONE - credit for but no call sign and no qso
> information. Only the fact that I was given credit for the entity at some
> point in the past. FT8Z is an example, I have credit for the entity and
> mode=PHONE but no call sign and no qso information. This will get updated
> real soon as my FT8ZR confirmations showed up in my LoTW account this
> morning.
>>>> IMHO it is for this reason (perhaps among others) that N7WS's request to
> populate the DXbase Award field cannot be automated. And this explains why
> some of the example adi records look as they do.
>>>> This should not apply to folks who started DXCC after the record keeping was
> automated. But in this case, I am unable to figure out a method to extract
> only the qsos that were awarded for a DXCC mode/band/entity entry. I have
> often wanted to do the same thing as N7WS but have only been able to see
> that doing it manually is the only way. This is more trouble than I want to
> go to.
>>>> Old Timer Jim/N1NK
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